Negotiating Inseparability in China The Xinjiang Class and the Dynamics of Uyghur Identity / Timothy Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Timothy, author.

Series:

Hong Kong scholarship online.

Hong Kong scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boarding schools--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.

Boarding schools.

Uighur (Turkic people)--China--Ethnic identity.

Uighur (Turkic people).

High schools--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.

High schools.

Education, Secondary--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.

Education, Secondary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : HKU Press, 2019.

Summary:

This is a book length study of the Xinjiang Class. Based on a longitudinal field research between 2006 to 2017, a period in which Grose spoke with over sixty graduates of the boarding school programme, the book offers an assessment of the effectiveness of programme in meeting its political goals and a detailed picture of the dynamics of Uyghur identity. The experiences of Uyghur graduates of the Xinjiang Class reveal how young, educated Uyghurs strategically and selectively embrace elements of the corporate Chinese 'Zhonghua minzu' identity in order to stretch the boundaries of a collective Uyghur identity. This identity is expressed through renewed efforts to practice Islam, the insistence on speaking Uyghur, and the reluctance to befriend Han classmates.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Incubating Loyalty (or Resistance) in Chinese Boarding Schools

2. Asserting Uyghur Identity from China’s “Central Plains”

3. Ignoring CCP Calls to Return to Xinjiang

4. The Disappointing Road Home

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789882204805

9882204805

OCLC:

1142634624